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Friday, October 12, 2012

Poetry Prompt Day 12 - Where Passion Resides

All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility. ~William Wordsworth

"Powerful feelings..." as William Wordsworth writes I believe is the basis for poetry whether it is joy, sadness, anger, or any powerful emotion that often has you vibrating with the energy of it.

I wrote a poem several years ago, in fact I don't think I even realized it was a poem, I just had this strong emotion bubbling within me and had to get it down on paper. It was a time that I was feeling very passionate about what was/is going on in the world both locally and globally. I changed the layout because it was basically a stream of consciousness in one big blob.

1/13/07

That path that leads
to serenityis not aboveor below butin front of you Into the night we strivefor autonomy
to reachinto our soul andpull out ourinner most
being stretching beyondto see
ourtrue self andsay here I amthis is meI am Divine
asI amWholeCompleteBeautiful Traveling into the darknessseeking
the light
crawlingincurling upfeeling the warmthfilling from the insideoutbrightlovinglight The Earth cries tears of leadpoisoned by our greedy indifference.The Divine inside beginsto
speakwelling up wanting a voice
wantingto be heard.Love spreads throughoutwarmthlight lips wanting to screamCan't you feel it? The Divine reaching inand out telling us we arethe same
holdonto each other
loveone another helpeach other to heal.Reach out and
keepreaching outuntil
all of our hands are connected entwined lacedtogether saying We.are.one.

Prompt: Dig deep inside of you and find where your passion is residing. What pushes your buttons, what creates overwhelming feelings of emotion that beg to be put onto the page. They can be happy, sad, angry, any deep feeling, channel it into your poem.Word Prompt: PassionSentence Starter: When I dig deep I feel...OrSpeaking the words out loud brings feelings of...Third optionHands and heart open...

Remember to come back to link up and visit your neighbors, encouraging and supporting their endeavors. May your words flow onto the page! I.Believe.In.You!
Much love and peace,
Morgan

4 comments:

Thank you Shah! I went looking through an older jounal trying to find one that conveyed what I was trying to express and found it. Sometimes I am surprised by what I have written in tines past. Peace to you.